Adjustable scarf

ABSTRACT

An adjustable scarf in which a blank piece of scarf material has parallel side edges and a V-shaped cut at one end and a hem at the other end, the material being folded along a median line paralleling the two side edges so as to align the two inclined edges originally forming the V-shaped cut and bring them into abutting relation for permitting them to be stitched together to form a pointed end, the hem at the other end of the material being threaded onto a split ring so that the hem receives and encircles the ring to form an opening through which the pointed end of the scarf may be threaded through for forming the scarf into an adjustable loop that may encircle the neck or be worn on the head.

United States Patent 1 Smith [45] July 31, 1973 ADJUSTABLE SCARF [76] Inventor: Janet L. Smith, 39380 Monterey 'f Franklin way, Fremont, Calm 94538 Asszstam Exammer-Peter Nerbun AttorneyWilliam R. Piper [22] Filed: Oct. 12, 1971 [21] Appl. No.: 187,975 [57] ABSTRACT An adjustable scarf in which a blank piece of scarf ma- 52 US. Cl. 2/207, 2/144, 24 49 s terial ha parallel ide edges and a v-shaped cut at one [51] Int. Cl A42b 5/00 end and a hem at the other the a e being [58] Field of Search 2/207, 150, 152, folded along a median line paralleling the two side 2/91, 153, 144, 145; 24/50, 58, 49 S edges so as to align the two inclined edges originally forming the V-shaped cut and bring them into abutting [56] References Cit d relation for permitting them to be stitched together to UNITED STATES PATENTS form 8 pointed end, the hem at the other end Of the material being threaded onto a split ring so that the hem zfz sj 2/150 Ux receives and encircles the ring to form an opening 2'405921 8/1946 wipper through which the pointed end of the scarf may be 3:154:79] 11/1964 threaded through for forming the scarf into an adjust- 3,231,900 2/1966 Gettinger 2/207 able p that y encircle the of be Worn on the FOREIGN PATENTS 0R APPLICATIONS head' 58,768 11/1953 France 2/146 1 Clelm, 7 Drawing Figures PATENTEU Jul 3I INVENTOR. JANET L. SMITH WM 76 2 a ATTORNEY ADJUSTABLE SCARF BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The usual scarf is placed around the neck and the free ends of the scarf can be tied into a knot or they can hang loose and free. If the free ends are not tied together the scarf may slip off from the wearer's neck and if they are tied, the scarf is subjected to unnecessary creasing caused by the tieing of the knot. Furthermore it is frequently a difficult matter to untie a knot in the scarf if the knot has been made tight.

With my improved scarf, one end of the scarf is provided with a ring that is large enough in diameter for the ready reception of the other end of the scarf which may be easily threaded through the opening provided by the ring. Moreover, the end of the scarf that is to be fed through the ring is made pointed so as to aid in guiding this scarf end into and through the ring. The

end of the scarf that is connected to the ring has a hem and the split end of the ring is fed into one end of the hem and then the entire hem is forced onto the ring. The length of the hem is greater than the circumference of the ring and this will cause a bunching of the hem onto the ring in order that the entire hem length will be received on the ring and will encircle the entire ring circumference. The other end of the scarf is of double thickness because of the inclined edges of the V-shaped cut in this end being stitched together. This double thickness will give sufficient body to the pointed end so as to make it a simple matter to thread it through the opening provided by the ring and this body plus constricting the entire width of the scarf into the area provided by the ring opening will create sufficient friction with the bunched up hem on the ring as to prevent the accidental removal of the pointed end of the scarf from the ring. No knot needs to be tied and the pointed end of the scarf can be quickly removed from the ring when freeing this end.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of my invention is to provide a scarf with one end provided with a hem that receives a split ring and the other end has a V-shaped cut providing two pointed portions that are folded so that one portion will overlie the other one and the two are stitched together along their two inclined and aligned edges to form a pointed end for the scarf that can be readily fed through the opening provided by the ring. In this way the two ends of the scarf are removably and adjustably connected together without the necessity of tying the two ends into a knot.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a plan view of the fabric blank which has a V-shaped cut at one end.

FIG. 2 shows the same blank with a hem provided in the end of the blank disposed opposite to the end having the V-shaped cut.

FIG. 3 is a view showing the blank of FIG. 2 folded along its median longitudinal line and the inclined edges of the V-shaped cut superimposed one upon the other and in alignment with each other, these inclined edges being stitched together.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are enlarged sectional views of portions of FIG. 3 and are taken along the lines 4-4 and 5-5 of that FIGURE.

FIG. 6 shows the split ring in full size.

FIG. 7 shows the completed scarf with the pointed end of the scarf inserted through the ring and the elongated body of the scarf formed into a loop.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In carrying out my invention, I provide a blank A of scarf material, such as Nylon, and although I do not wish to be confined to any particular material nor to any precise measurements, I have found that the blank should be about 36 inches long and about 20 inches wide. The blank A has parallel side edges 1 and 2 and an end edge 3 that extends at right angles to the side edges, see FIG. 1. The opposite end of the blank has a V-shaped cut in it forming two inclined edges 4 and 5.

The first step in forming the improved scarf is to provide a hem B by folding the end edge 3 back over the blank A and then stitching along the dotted line 6 for forming the hem, see FIG. 2. The hem B provides a tubular interior for receiving a split ring C, shown in FIG. 6, as will be explained hereinafter. After the hem B is completed, the blank A is folded along a longitudinally extending median fold line, indicated by the dash line 7, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The blank A is shown in folded position in FIG. 3 and this FIGURE plus the sectional showing in FIG. 4, illustrate how the inclined edges 4 and 5 are folded inwardly and stitched along the line 8 to form a seam 9.

The next step is to take the split ring C of FIG. 6 and feed an end of the ring into the interior of the hem B so as to eventually crowd the entire length of the hem onto the ring so that the hem will entirely encircle the ring C and provide the scarf with an end that is in the form of a circle. A section through the hem is shown in FIG. 5 and this cross section indicates that the interior of the hem B can receive the split ring C. The hem will entirely conceal the split ring and the hem end of the scarf will appear to form an opening through which the pointed end D of the scarf may be threaded.

OPERATION From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In FIG. 7, I show how the pointed end D of the finished scarf can be threaded through the opening provided by the split ring c that is enclosed by the hem B. The hem will conceal the ring and from an external appearance, the scarf will appear to have one end in which the width of the scarf will be bunched and formed into a circle while the other end of the scarf is folded so as to provide double thickness and the folded end is formed into a point D that can be readily inserted through the ring-shaped end. There will be enough friction between the portion of the scarf that extends through the ring-shaped end to prevent the accidental removal of this end from the ring-shaped portion. This does away with the necessity of tying the two ends of a standard scarf into a knot for holding the scarf in place. Also, in my scarf the pointed end D can be pulled through the ring-shaped end to the desired extent to make the looped portion 10, see FIG. 7, of the desired size. In this way the ring-shaped end of the scarf acts as an adjustable knot for holding the portion of the scarf that is disposed in the ring-shaped end against accidental slippage and, therefore, the pointed end D of the scarf will not be freed.

The scarf can be worn in a number of different ways.

I claim:

1. A scarf comprising:

a. an elongated piece of flexible material having two parallel edges extending along the length of said piece of material, one end of said material comprising a straight end edge extending at a right angle with respect to said parallel edges, stitch means securing the edge of a folded over portion of said end edge to form a tubular structure or hem along said width. of said end edge, a cut-out formed in said piece of material along the second end opposite said end edge, said cut-out extending from said parallel edges and having an apex located at a point along a longitudinal medial line of said piece of ma- 7 terial which extends parallel to said two parallel edges, said piece of material being folded along said medial line and a second line of stitching securing the superposed edges of said second end together, and

b. a split ring threaded into said tubular structure along said end edge, the width of the material being greater than the circumference of said ring so that the hem will be bunched on the ring and will encircle the entire ring circumference, the double thickness of material at the pointed end of the scarf giving this pointed end sufficient body so as to aid a person in threading this pointed end through the circular opening provided by the rigid ring, the constricted portion of the scarf enclosed by the ring-shaped end creating sufficient friction with the bunched hem to frictionally hold the scarf in the position into which it has been adjusted around the neck of the wearer. 

1. A scarf comprising: a. an elongated piece of flexible material having ''''two parallel edges extending along the length of said piece of material, one end of said material comprising a straight end edge extending at a right angle with respect to said parallel edges, stitch means securing the edge of a folded over portion of said end edge to form a tubular structure or hem along said width of said end edge, a cut-out formed in said piece of material along the second end opposite said end edge, said cut-out extending from said parallel edges and having an apex located at a point along a longitudinal medial line of said piece of material which extends parallel to said two parallel edges, said piece of material being folded along said medial line and a second line of stitching securing the superposed edges of said second end together, and'''' b. a split ring threaded into said tubular structure along said end edge, the width of the material being greater than the circumference of said ring so that the hem will be bunched on the ring and will encircle the entire ring circumference, the double thickness of material at the pointed end of the scarf giving this pointed end sufficient body so as to aid a person in threading this pointed end through the circular opening provided by the rigid ring, the constricted portion of the scarf enclosed by the ring-shaped end creating sufficient friction with the bunched hem to frictionally hold the scarf in the position into which it has been adjusted around the neck of the wearer. 